“The Spirit of the LORD will rest on him - the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of might, the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the LORD - and he will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes, or decide by what he hears with his ears; but with righteousness he will judge the needy, with justice he will give decisions for the poor of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; with the breath of his lips he will slay the wicked. Righteousness will be his belt and faithfulness the sash around his waist." (Isaiah 11:2- 4).

     When we operate in the seven-fold spirit of the mind of Christ (being the perfect and complete mind of Christ), not only will we then truly KNOW our Lord and Saviour, but we will also no longer SPEAK with the words of men. For we will speak with the pearls of wisdom framed by the mind of God Himself. For in the same way that Jesus says that the words He speaks are SPIRIT, and they are LIFE, our words — as spirit too — will, in turn, land softly upon the palate of man's heart and soul, and produce life where there is need, liberty where there are chains, light where there is darkness, and healing and deliverance where there is brokenness and separation.

     And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him (Isaiah 11:2), being the anointing for the right relationship of oneness of mind — an anointing that shall rest upon him like the dove descending upon Jesus (Luke 3:22).

1. THE SPIRIT OF WISDOM - Wisdom is the heart-blood and lifeblood of the Tree of Life, being all that is the embodiment of God's sovereign thoughts on what is good and true, of what is noble and right, of what is lovely and admirable, of all that is excellent and praiseworthy (Philippians 4:8), as well as all the “unsearchable insight" of His supernatural wisdom, being the accumulation and aggregation of His applied knowledge and understanding that culminate in "the way, the truth and the life" that is LOVE (Ephesians 1:17); "He who gets wisdom loves his own soul” (Proverbs‬ ‭19:8)‬.

2. THE SPIRIT OF UNDERSTANDING - The Holy Spirit will reveal and illuminate His Word (1 Corinthians 2:10). "Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know." (Jeremiah 33:3); “He who keeps understanding will find good.” (Proverbs‬ ‭19:8)‬. “As for you, the anointing which you received from Him abides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you; but as His anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you abide in Him.” (1 John 2:27).

3. THE SPIRIT OF COUNSEL - The Holy Spirit will personally guide our decisions (John 14:26); "The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, But a wise man is he who listens to counsel." (Proverbs 12:15); "Listen to counsel and receive instruction, That you may be wise in your latter days. There are many plans in a man’s heart, Nevertheless the LORD’s counsel — that will stand.” (Proverbs‬ ‭19:20-21)‬.

4. THE SPIRIT OF MIGHT - "Greater is He who is in you (Christ) than he who is in the world (the flesh and the devil)" (1 John 4:4); "But if it is by the finger of God that I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you". (Luke 11:20); "Behold, these are but the outskirts of his ways, and how small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?” (Job 26:14).

5. THE SPIRIT OF KNOWLEDGE - The Holy Spriit will guide us into all truth (John 16:13); “For to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, and to another the word of knowledge according to the same Spirit." (1 Corinthians 12:8); "“Also it is not good for a soul to be without knowledge.” (Proverbs‬ ‭19:2). "The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; Fools despise wisdom and instruction." (Proverbs 1:7). ‬

6. THE SPIRIT OF THE FEAR OF THE LORD - and he will DELIGHT in the fear of the LORD. Which is the loving guidance of the most perfect and high Helper. “The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, That one may avoid the snares of death.“ (Proverbs 14:27). For the Holy Spirit will sharpen our conscience (1 Peter 3:21), so that we do not grieve the Holy Spirit (Ephesians 4:30) by ignoring His inner counsel, thereby ensuring we both live AND walk in the Spirit (Galatians 5:25), and in so doing, we do not quench His Spirit (1 Thessalonians 5:19). “And He will be the stability of your times, A wealth of salvation, wisdom and knowledge; The fear of the LORD is his treasure.” (Isaiah 33:6).

7. THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD - The Spirit of Christ personalises it all by filtering all the inflows of the living river of wisdom and understanding and knowledge and counsel through the lens of His heart, which is to look at the world through His eyes. Which is to wrap it in the colours of “loving service”, like the seven colours of the rainbow converging into a single beam of glorious light that is a lamp unto our feet, where the "heart of service" is the principle nature and power of Christ in loving the Father with all our heart and mind and strength, and in loving our neighbour as ourselves. For did Christ not demonstrate perfectly what loving both His Father and His neighbour looks like? Which is why it is written that with righteousness shall he judge the needy, and that with justice he will give decisions for the poor of the earth. For all the colours bleed into one. Which is love. Both expressed and accomplished. And for this purpose, the Holy Spirit will give us the spirit of discernment (Philippians 1:9-10; Hosea 14:9); which is to look not unto appearances, but unto the heart — which is to discern even to the division of the thoughts and intents of the heart (Hebrews 4:12), so that, on the one hand, we may know THE WILL of the Father above, and on the other hand, THE NEED of our neighbour below. So that the river of life may flow from the high hill of the LORD to the open mouth of the sea of humanity. Thereby glorifying the Father and fulfilling all the law. For is it not written: “For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: “You shall love your neighbour as yourself.”” (Galatians 5:14).

And in this gift of oneness of mind, so it shall be that the "SPIRIT of love" shall become the very "LIFE of love" too.

To God be the glory, forever and ever. Amen and amen.

#WarriorServants4God   #LovingAuthentically   #LivingAuthentically

"For My house will be called a house of prayer."